Wisconsin Royal Is it a good time to mention that 'w' can act as a vowel too?
https://www.dictionary.com/e/w-vowel/
anybody who can pronounce the word "Sky" knows that consonants can sometimes
be used to stand in for one or more of the five proper-vowels (a-e-i-o-u)
Nobody here has disputed that for one second
What is in dispute is whether "Y" for example is ACTUALLY a vowel
as opposed to a consonant that sometimes can be USED AS a vowel
People also need to distinguish between the word vowel meaning an articulated sound
and in English there are a LOT more than 5/10
just think of through, rough, ought, same proper-vowels but making different articulated vowel-sounds
Then there's oh, ooh, hock, etc
But as far as I am concerned y in English has never been A VOWEL. It's a consonant
that sometimes acts as (pretends to be) a vowel.